Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... truth of facts , that height to which , by such a con- duct , this state hath rose , is an undeniable proof . For we are now the only people of the world who are found by experience to be greater than in report ; the only people who ...
... truth of facts , that height to which , by such a con- duct , this state hath rose , is an undeniable proof . For we are now the only people of the world who are found by experience to be greater than in report ; the only people who ...
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... truth a difficult truth to fix comfort in those breasts which will have frequent remembrances in seeing the happiness of others of what they once themselves enjoyed . And sorrow flows not from the absence of those good things we have ...
... truth a difficult truth to fix comfort in those breasts which will have frequent remembrances in seeing the happiness of others of what they once themselves enjoyed . And sorrow flows not from the absence of those good things we have ...
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... truth of the voice perishes with the sound ; truth latent in the mind is hidden wisdom and invisible treasure ; but the truth which illuminates books , desires to manifest itself to every disciplinable sense , to the sight when read ...
... truth of the voice perishes with the sound ; truth latent in the mind is hidden wisdom and invisible treasure ; but the truth which illuminates books , desires to manifest itself to every disciplinable sense , to the sight when read ...
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... Truth confined to the mind , though it may be the possession of a noble soul , while it wants a companion and is not judged of , either by the sight or the hearing , appears to be inconsistent with pleasure . But the truth of the voice ...
... Truth confined to the mind , though it may be the possession of a noble soul , while it wants a companion and is not judged of , either by the sight or the hearing , appears to be inconsistent with pleasure . But the truth of the voice ...
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... truth , a reality , in Cavendish's narrative , which bespeaks the confidence of his reader , and very But of all pleasures , they esteem those to much increases his pleasure . It is a work without be the most valuable that lie in the ...
... truth , a reality , in Cavendish's narrative , which bespeaks the confidence of his reader , and very But of all pleasures , they esteem those to much increases his pleasure . It is a work without be the most valuable that lie in the ...
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2d edit admiration affection ancient appear beauty born Bost called character Christ Christian church Cicero Clovernook death delight died discourse divine Don Quixote earth Edin Edinburgh Review England English English language Essays excellent eyes fear feel genius give glory hand happiness hath heart heaven History honour human ical imagination JAMES MACKINTOSH Julius Cæsar kind king knowledge labour language learning Lect less Letters light live LL.D Lond look Lord Lord Macaulay Macvey Napier mankind manner ment mind moral nature ness never noble observed opinion passion perfect person Petrarch Phila philosopher Phrenology Plato pleasure Poems poet poetry political prose reason religion Rome sense Sermons soul speak spirit style taste things thou thought tion translation truth unto Vathek Virgil virtue vols whole wisdom words writings